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Cybercrime has cost victims $126 billion worldwide and it has indeed established itself as a criminal enterprise. Every day, we see headlines on security and data breaches, invasion of privacy, and hacking. Cybercriminals continue to innovate new ways to attack and both private and public sectors remain vulnerable.

Starting in January 2019, Emergency Alert Systems will be required to have the ability to deliver Blue Alerts as a new, event code. Blue alerts are an event code to issue a warning about an imminent and credible threat to police officers’ safety across radio and television stations.

By now I’m sure you have heard about changes taking place in Facebook’s advertising policies.

Adam Mosseri, the Head of News Feed at Facebook, posted an article explaining this in more detail. He says the News Feed will be reorganized to “prioritize posts that spark conversations and meaningful interactions between people… We will also prioritize posts from friends and family over public content.” Continue reading →

SurferNETWORK LLC, an Internet Broadcasting and streaming pioneer, announced a partnership today with another pioneer in the digital audio space, XAPPmedia. This partnership will allow SurferNETWORK clients the ability to easily activate voice utilization features and create custom skills to engage audiences on interactive voice platforms like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Live streaming is a great way to allow listeners access to your station at any time, and get a live feed just as they would in the market listening to your radio station. But what if a listener is not available to listen to their favorite personality or show? Listeners are increasingly accessing station archives to catch up on something they may have missed. According to a recent study by Westwood One, Cumulus and Nielsen, OnDemand listeners skew 7 years younger than their average AM/FM counterpart and listen for twice the time! What can you do to keep those listeners engaged?

Yesterday, Jacob’s Media released statistics from their TechSurvey 13 in a webinar focused on podcasting, specifically looking into the quickly growing segment as it relates to radio. Continue reading →

According to research by RTDNA/Hofstra University, and analysis from InsideRadio, many radio stations are trying new things to find millennial listeners. 41.2% of General Managers, and radio news directors reported to be utilizing more social media to reach younger listeners. If you aren’t paying attention to the next generation, you should be!